Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)

User Rating:

9.2/10   

Director:

Navid Khonsari

Writers:

Ian McQue (characters)
Dan Houser (script) ...

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Liberty City... Where The Only Dirty Word Is Hope

Plot:

A young bank robber escapes from police custody and works his way up through the mafia ladder of crime-ridden Liberty City, USA.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Criminal | Mafia | Gang | Bank Robber

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Frank Vincent	...	Salvatore Leone (voice)
Joe Pantoliano	...	Luigi Goterelli (voice)
Michael Madsen	...	Toni Cipriani (voice)
Michael Rapaport	...	Joey Leone (voice)
Debi Mazar	...	Maria Leone (voice)
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Donald Love (voice)
Robert Loggia	...	Ray Machowski (voice)
The Guru	...	8-Ball (voice)
Lianna Pai	...	Asuka Kasen (voice)
Les J.N. Mau	...	Kenji Kasen (voice)
Cynthia Farrell	...	Catalina (voice)
Sondra James	...	Momma Cipriani (voice)
Al Espinosa	...	Miguel (voice)
Chris Phillips	...	El Burro / Marty Chonks (voice)
Hunter Platin	...	Phil Cassidy / Curly Bob / Chico (voice)

Also Known As:

GTA3 (USA) (short title)
Grand Theft Auto 3 (USA)

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo | Dolby Digital (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:Refused Classification | Australia:MA (re-release) (cut) | Finland:K-18 | Ireland:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 (self applied) | Sweden:18 | UK:18 | USA:M

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Rockstar North

Trivia:

A caller on the Chatterbox station says "FREE KEVIN", in reference to infamous hacker, Kevin Mitnick. Chatterbox DJ/Writer, spoke of Mitnick's trial on his radio show.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the cut-scene for the mission "Cipriani's Chauffeur", Michael Madsen, the voice actor of Toni Cipriani, mispronounces Toni's last name as "Kipriani".

Quotes:

[at Joey's garage, Joey is fixing a car]
Misty: Are you ready already? I want to play with your "thing" again.
Joey: Just this one more, then...
[Joey notices, that The Player has arrived]
Joey: Ah, my friend!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Kuya (2004)

Soundtrack:

The Corpse Rises

Liberty justified!

This is one of the most entertaining and controversial, yet wonderful games out there. Though it received heat from parents everywhere and other countries tried to ban it, it is without a doubt one of the best, and one of a kind out there(Do they think younger ones would play this? This is for older ones). Well it may not be for everyone, due to the violent content, grammar, and sex, but hey it is a satire of everyday life, but mostly depicting a grimy, rough city, supposedly this is supposed to be New York, where you control a nameless(we shall learn his name in GTA:SA!) and speechless gangster who's been wronged by the gang he worked for, now he goes freelance in the Pulp Fiction-esquire environment of Liberty City, where you work for different gang factions, just to do their dirty work. But that's not it, you can also walk around steel a car, and do whatever you will, it's non-linear! And because it is, you don't have to do some of the missions, though most of them are part of the story. This is one of the best and it is the first game of it's kind I played. If you like this play also Mafia(more like a 1930's GTA to me), GTA Vice City, and GTA San Andreas, thank you Rockstar, it's good, see.